The meaning behind the 'Juicy' Lyric; 'To all the teachers that told me I'd never amount to nothing'
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Notorious B.I.G facts: 26 things you didn't know about Biggie Smalls
15. The meaning behind the 'Juicy' Lyric; 'To all the teachers that told me I'd never amount to nothing'
Biggie's teacher told him that he would likely be a garbage collector when he was older, his mum recalls Biggie telling the story of how he did some research and got back to the teacher the next day, saying; "A teacher makes a starting salary of $22,500. A garbage collector starts at $29,000…You said some of us inside here are gonna be garbage collectors. But we're gonna be making more money than you, so that's cool."
